Some Things For Life

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

"Pacie All Gone"

We are ending the second day without a pacie!!! Jack threw his pacie away Monday night and hasn't looked back. He must really understand the concept of bye-bye and all gone! He has asked for the pacie maybe twice but no major melt downs or fits or anything of that nature! It is such a relief to know that wasn't a struggle! Also, Jack isn't drinking any milk in the middle of the night! The next step is to get him to sleep a full night in his bed! (We will implement this after we make the move to the new house, which will be this WEEKEND!!!)

Monday, January 24, 2011

The Big Move

We are moving next weekend. Finally, we will be out of our apartment and into a house that we will soon be able to call home. I can't tell you what a good feeling it will be to actually have a yard for Jack to run around and play in, a front porch where I can sit Lily in her swing on a spring afternoon, and a laundry room where all of our clothes will become clean. It is going to be wonderful and this weekend can't get here fast enough. We did a lot of moving this past weekend. We moved a ton of boxes, pictures, couch, television armour, crib, changing table, rocking chair, blankets, pots and pans....you get the idea! So the house is situated on 10 acres of land right outside Huntsville, in Lacy Springs. It is just enough "country" for Brian to be happy and close enough to the city to make me feel like I'm not too far away from civilization! We also have a pond. The boys are going to fish a lot this summer!
For now, I must get my limerick lesson plan ready for my eighth grade students! My honors class is going to read the Bell Witch story today and then write a persuasive essay. I'm not a big fan of reading about a "haunting," but it will fulfill the requirement for our mystery unit! Pictures of the house are soon to come!!!

Monday, January 17, 2011

Confession

I have a terrible confession to make. I think if I start talking about my "problem" things will start to change. I have to make a change. Alright, here goes: Jackson has been sleeping in the bed with us since Lily was born. AHHHHH! There, I said it. Yes, it's so very true too. I always promised myself that I would not co-sleep with my kids. I want Jack to be an independent boy. I don't think sleeping in our bed will hinder this all too much, but I do believe it will help. It has to stop.
Okay, here is the other part of the confession, yes it is twofold: We have been given Jack milk in the middle of the night. EEEK. Whenever he asks for it, we go and get it. Our excuse has been because we don't want to wake Lily. Well, if he weren't in our bed, then he probably wouldn't wake her up! We are taking steps to slowly get him back to where he needs to be! Hopefully, when we move into our new house in February, he will be sleeping in his "big boy bed." (The house is the next post!)
We are cutting out the milk thing now. He can have a sippee cup with diluted milk right before bed and then again in the morning. I am hoping this will only take this week. Then, the following week, he will return to his crib.
It is totally my fault too. I let him fall asleep with me, I go get him "mulk" when he wants it, and I don't force him to sleep in his room. It's bad. Don't get me wrong, I looovvvveeee sleeping with my little booger, but it's time to take my bed back. It's WAY overdue.

See the 'king' of the bed with his sippee cup right next to him?? ahhh

Friday, January 14, 2011

We are Back!!

Yes, it is true, I am back in the blog-o-sphere!!! I have had a couple of months to adjust to the new routines and schedules of having two small children and I believe now I can incorporate simple blogs into my weekly "to-get-done."
I will start with Lily, who should be the star of this post and every other post from here on out because she is just so magnetically cute that I could gush and gush about her for hours!
At night, Lily will go to bed between 10 and 10:30 and will sleep until 3 or 4 in the morning! If we have played with her and have kept her alert from 8 until bedtime, she will sometimes sleep until 5 in the morning. It is rather amamzing. I will say that this did not come easily though. She is almost three months now, and in the last couple of weeks, she hasn't been as demanding during the night as she was the first two months.
Lily is a very peculiar and particular baby. She likes to be held certain ways, she doesn’t like to be moved around too much, she does not enjoy when her diaper is dirty, and she gets upset with loud, sudden noises. She can always tell when I am around and will instantly be soothed by my voice. She is in awe of her daddy and loves to watch Jack. Lily smiles and coos like she was born with the talent. I love to watch her stretch her arms over her head and straighten out her little chunky legs! She is a chunk too. The girl has been drinking three ounces of formula since she was two weeks old. We did try to nurse for two weeks; enjoyable for some babies and mothers, not really enjoyable for Lily and I. It was a terrible struggle every time. So, to the bottle we went! And then, she would get so fussy during bottles and directly after them. Or maybe she would take her bottle and an hour later she would burst into tears and continue to cry for three hours. I thought she was a colic baby at first. It was so stressful, especially when I would be alone with Jack and Lily and couldn’t divide my time properly. We all cried. First Lily, then Jack would start, and then I would join in! It was awesome.
Lately things have been running extremely smooth. She seems to have out grown her wailing spats and Jack is adjusting well to my hands always being full with the baby and bottle!
Jackson will tell me to sit sissy down when he is ready for me to play with him. He’ll say, “Sissy down, mama. Sissy down.” It is pretty cute and I fall for it instantly.
I have decided not to try and catch this blog up with posts from November and December. Instead, I am going to just start with this post and go from here!
Until the next time, here are my angels!

Friday, November 5, 2010

Little Jack as a Cow!

On Halloweem, we loaded up the car and headed to Duckie and Bull's for trick-or-treating fun. As you can see, my little boy went as a little cow. He did a great job walking from house to house. He had to ring each door bell even if the home owner was already standing at the door! He did a great job at collecting candy and he really enjoyed his goodies afterward! I'm very proud of him. He is adjusting to Lily so well.